Sunday, July 8, 2012

The deadline set by the UK's highest court for Julian Assange's
extradition to Sweden runs out on Saturday. The whistleblower says he
won't leave the safety of the Ecuadorian embassy in London until a
decision on his asylum request is made.

­Julian Assange has spent the last two and a half weeks in the
Ecuadorian embassy with London police standing guard at every exit
should he attempt to leave.

On June 19 he entered the
embassy and filed a request for asylum. Ecuador’s UK ambassador is
personally working on the matter and even had to return home for
consultations. An answer was expected to be forthcoming, but as of yet
there has been none..... MORESource: RT.com